Slackware Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Slackware Linux Average rating 9.0 from 110 review(s) Please selecting a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on Slackware Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- current15.014.214.114.013.3713.113.012.212.112.011.010.210.110.09.19.08.18.07.17.04.03.93.63.53.43.33.23.13.02.32.2.02.0.1 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 15.0 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-08-31 Votes: 1 Being a slackware fan, I would love more than anything to give it a 10. But 9 is the most I can manage for the lack of a unified package manager, and the lack of support for openZFS. Besides that, it is indeed perfect, and so stable you can forget about it. Things to be aware: kernel upgrades are usually just fine, but sometimes you need to take a few steps to get it bootable. Specially if you use strange modules. The new change for GRUB may be a good thing, but that is still to be seeing. In my experience, some hardware will work easily with lilo. Not to mention UEFI, this atrocity. But well, not Slackware fault. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 15.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-07-10 Votes: 49 Preface, if you want a distribution all special effects and configuration wizards, stay away from it, it is not for you. If, on the other hand, you are looking for substance, read on. Slackware is "old school" linux but that does not mean it is obsolete or unsuitable for use in a modern PC or server, simply that it follows the KISS (keep it simple stupid) philosophy and does not decide instead of the end user how it should be used. It provides a choice of software, DE, and WM that may be redundant for many but all of which allows for much, if not all, of what is needed to begin using it. For everything else there is slackbuilds.org and various repositories of already compiled packages, as an example I can mention AlienBOB aka Eric Hameleers. Slackware does not dazzle with customization and special effects aimed at catching new users, everything is in "vanilla" configuration, that is, as released by the software developers, including the kernel but if you have the patience to learn about the distribution and do not let yourself be discouraged by the fact that any configuration will have to be done by editing the configuration files, either through the system tools or manually, you will end up with a system that is truly your own and not one prepared according to someone else's tastes. At first it seems hostile, but in the long run the satisfaction of learning how it works might even convince you to stop jumping from one distro to another. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 15.0 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-06-11 Votes: 35 Slackware is not for the faint of heart, or easy-click monkeys. With Slackware it's possible to have a functional operating system that takes up disk sizes reminiscent of days gone by. With Slackware you learn to be a conscious user , to move your brain, to understand what well-made software looks like. Slackware is especially useful for servers. For those who want a DAW or graphics workstation : better to lean on Devuaan , which can draw on a large software pool. If you take pleasure in drugging yourself with special effects at the click of a button, Slackware is not for you. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 110 reader reviews of Slackware Linux...